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mar de fondo

English translation: ground swell

13:37 Mar 28, 2016
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Meteorology / Sea
Spanish term or phrase: mar de fondo
In a log of events from a marine incident, reference to meteorological conditions. In Spanish from Spain for translation to British English.

"Meteo en la zona casi calma, con algo de mar de fondo del NE."
BristolTEc
Ecuador
Local time: 06:05
English translation:ground swell
Explanation:
Diccionario Marítimo Español-Inglés, Manuel Rogríguez Barrientos
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Robert Carter
Mexico
Local time: 05:05
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Summary of answers provided
4 +7ground swell
Robert Carter
5swell or ground swell
Peter Guest
3(ground) swell
Ana Vozone


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
ground swell


Explanation:
Diccionario Marítimo Español-Inglés, Manuel Rogríguez Barrientos

Robert Carter
Mexico
Local time: 05:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Andres Fekete: Beat me to it!
1 min
  -> Thanks, Andres.
agree  Ana Vozone
2 mins
  -> Thanks, Ana.
agree  Jane Martin: Its also in Word Reference and DRAE
2 mins
  -> Thanks, Jane.
agree  Jo Macdonald: Yep, one word though, it's groundswell.
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Jo, Merriam-Webster has both forms, but with regard to the maritime sense, it notes: "usually ground swell : a broad deep undulation of the ocean caused by an often distant gale or seismic disturbance".
agree  franglish
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Franglish.
agree  Yvonne Gallagher
6 hrs
  -> Thanks, Gallagy.
agree  neilmac: Where it appears as a single word, I'd normally understand it as an adjective..
18 hrs
  -> Thanks Neil, or possibly when it refers to something other than the sea?
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5

8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
swell or ground swell


Explanation:
Mar de fondo, or maretón to give it is true name, is a sea that is not caused by the wind at the time. After a day of fresh southerlies there will be a sea running from the south on the next day, even if the wind is from the north. The stronger the day's wind, the sooner it overcomes the swell.

Peter Guest
Spain
Local time: 13:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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